Table 1.
Clinical characteristics of the study subjects and comparison of change after intervention (N=112).
| Variables | Baseline | After weight reduction | Mean difference | 95% CI | P valuea |
| Age (years), mean (SD) | 47.8 (10.2) | —b | — | — | — |
| Female, n (%) | 82 (72.3) | — | — | — | — |
| Weight (kg), mean (SD) | 77.5 (12.9) | 74.8 (12.6) | −2.73 | −3.36 to −2.41 | <.001 |
| Height (cm), mean (SD) | 163.6 (8.4) | — | — | — | — |
| BMI (kg/m2), mean (SD) | 28.8 (3.3) | 27.8 (3.1) | −1.03 | −1.27 to −0.91 | <.001 |
| Waist (cm), mean (SD) | 94.2 (10.9) | 90.5 (10.2) | −3.39 | −4.62 to −2.76 | <.001 |
| Muscle mass, mean (SD) | 27.0 (5.9) | 27.2 (6.1) | 0.19 | −0.10 to 0.34 | .21 |
| Fat mass, mean (SD) | 28.3 (6.6) | 25.7 (6.3) | −2.65 | −3.24 to −2.35 | <.001 |
| Fat percentage, mean (SD) | 36.7 (6.0) | 34.5 (6.6) | −2.22 | −2.85 to −1.90 | <.001 |
| Systolic BPc (mm Hg), mean (SD) | 126.5 (16.9) | 125.0 (14.5) | −1.19 | −4.05 to 0.27 | .42 |
| Diastolic BP (mm Hg), mean (SD) | 79.1 (11.5) | 77.7 (10.5) | −1.73 | −3.71 to −0.72 | .09 |
| Metabolic equivalent (kcal/min/kg), mean (SD) | 790.1 (841.2) | 1365.1 (1507.4) | 504.9 | 264.2 to 622.6 | <.001 |
aPaired t test.
bNo change from baseline value.
cBP: blood pressure.